Hail size 1.25"
1 NE Fairfax Linn County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Cedar Rapids Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cedar Rapids this day.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
44,619
Ground reports
10
10 hailThe most severe storm Cedar Rapids has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.3 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 93 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Cedar Rapids saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cedar Rapids, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Cedar Rapids's hail record
This was Cedar Rapids's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Mar 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cedar Rapids at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cedar Rapids: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 143 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Marion (5 miles east, up to 1"); Springville (10 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Fairfax (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Cedar Rapids's Apr 14, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
What people on the ground reported
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Hail reports
10 reports Hail size 1.75"
1 NE Fairfax Linn County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W Cedar Rapids Linn County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W Cedar Rapids Linn County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 SW Marion Linn County
“(DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
2 ENE Cedar Rapids Linn County
“(DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 S Marion Linn County
“Trained spotter report. Time estimated from radar. (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 NNE Marion Linn County
“(DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 E Marion Linn County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NW Marion Linn County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DVN)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 24 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Fairfax and Marion — beyond Cedar Rapids itself.
What 1" hail means for Cedar Rapids roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$535M
Potential roof exposure — 44,619 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
223 jobs
Illustrative work
~$3.3M
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Cedar Rapids on the live map
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Cedar Rapids hail history
← All hail in Cedar Rapids 10 recorded storm days in Cedar Rapids, IA
Other storms in Cedar Rapids
Jul 3, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 11, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 27, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
3
ground reports 
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 30, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
6
ground reports
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.